Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A List of Key Dates in York's History
A brief chronology of the city: Rom...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Film comes to History of York
HoY now has movies! A recent...
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The Roman Civilian Settlement
In AD 71, the Ninth Legion of the Ro...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Roman Head Pot
- Margaret Clitherow
- St Columba's United Reformed Church
- Church of St Helen
- Bones of a Roman Combatant
- Fairfax House
- Daniel Defoe's York
- Our Lady's Row
- Teaching the Poor
- King's Manor - Victorian
- The Minster after the Reformation
- The Minster in the 18th Century
- York's first historian: Francis Drake
- Scarborough Bridge
- The Medieval Minster
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- Micklegate Bar